| From: | John Weekley <weekleyj(at)foobarlabs(dot)net> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)Sun(dot)COM>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: BUG #2546: PostgreSQL does not have native spinlock |
| Date: | 2006-07-25 02:32:20 |
| Message-ID: | 1153794740.905.7.camel@localhost |
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On Mon, 2006-07-24 at 21:47 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Zdenek Kotala wrote:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> > > "John Weekley" <weekleyj(at)foobarlabs(dot)net> writes:
> > >> Platform is 64 bit Solaris x86.
> > >> ...
> > >> "../../../../src/include/storage/s_lock.h", line 814: #error: PostgreSQL
> > >> does not have native spinlock support on this platform. To continue the
> > >> compilation, rerun configure using --disable-spinlocks. However,
> > >> performance will be poor. Please report this to pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org(dot)
> > >
> > > It looks like s_lock.h currently has coverage for amd64 using gcc, or
> > > sparc64 using either compiler, but not for amd64 using Sun's cc.
> > > Please feel free to send a patch, or you could pester Sun to send us
> > > one (Josh?)
> >
> > SunStudio is supported on the HEAD (8.2). Spin lock problem is know
> > issue in version 8.1.4. I don't know if latest 8.1 branch contains
> > backport.
>
> No, we did not backport because of concern that not enough people
> reviewed the changes.
Wow, you guys are really,really good.
Many thanks!
John
P.S. May I ask when we can expect 8.2? Or is is possible to beat on an
alpha/beta?
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